Re-conditioned Engine Scam

[Amethyst]

Re: Re-conditioned Engine Scam

I'm not sure that website has been live for a while

BT Customer Street shut back in 2011. All the wayback stuff is a dead customerstreet log in page.


I'd like to know how [MENTION=80922]douglake[/MENTION] came to find the company and place his order ?

[douglake]

Re: Re-conditioned Engine Scam

Through this site. 247spares.co.uk and Uk engine supplies phoned me.

[douglake]

Re: Re-conditioned Engine Scam

Here is the email.
Hi Kerr,

After cross referencing to find a match for the DOFA we can confirm this is the correct engine code that matches your vehicle aplogies for the confusion.




On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Kerr Douglas <kerr.gsxr1000@btinternet.com> wrote:

You said the engine code was D2FA that is a 90 horse power not a 125 horse power

Sent from my iPhone

On 1 Feb 2016, at 13:29, UKEngine Replacement <ukenginereplacement@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Kerr


Following our conversation, here are the details of the available engines we have for your vehicle;
Ford Transit 350 - Engine Code - DOFA


RECONDITIONED - £1050 - 1 YEAR WARRANTY


SECONDHAND - £800 - 1 YEAR WARRANTY

Prices do not include delivery, we charge a standard fee of;
£25 to mainland UK
£57 overseas

Delivery takes 3-10 working days pending all orders are placed before 4.30pm and all funds cleared.

Please find a list of what has been done to the reconditioned and second hand engines;

RECON
ALL OEM PARTS USED FOR RECON
Oil pressure has been tested & all compression tests have taken place
Computerized certificate given (official sales proforma)
Engine block surfaces machined flat,
Oil pump replaced,
New OEM seals installed,
Valve seals have been machined,
Block cylinders inspected for cracks,
Cylinders machined to factory specs,
New OEM spec eristic bearings fitted
New OEM big end bearings fitted,
Assembled units oil pressure tested,
Engine blocks thoroughly cleaned and surfaces treated
Cylinder heads have been skimmed & new OEM valve seals fitted
New Cylinder liners fitted
New updated gas nitrite piston rings fitted
Crankshaft crack tested
Timing redone
All bolts torqued to OEM specs according to auto data

SECOND HAND
All tolerances checked on lower end bearings.
Reassembled to the highest quality
Oil pressure checked and compression tested
Sump removed
Oil Pump has also been inspected to see if anything was wrong.

Our 1 Year warranty terms and conditions are listed below,
1. 12 months, without limitation of mileage, from the date the engine is delivered to the original purchaser by UK Engine Supplies
2. Covers all engine internals
3. Does not cover fault by misuse
4. Dedicated network of 220 warranty contractors can be called upon for warranty work of up to 12 months of purchase
5. Engine to be returned to working order if any internals are faulty by UK Engine Supplies' Contractors
I can confirm engine comes attached with
· alternator
· starter motor
· power steering pump
· air conditioning pump
· wiring loom
· fuel pump
· injection system
· turbo
If you have any further queries or wish to proceed with the purchase, please do not hesitate to contact us.



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Jonathan King
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[teaboy2]

Re: Re-conditioned Engine Scam

Through this site. 247spares.co.uk and Uk engine supplies phoned me.

And have you contacted 247spares.co.uk to complaint that the engine wasn't received and to go through their complaints procedure? https://www.247spares.co.uk/dispute?s=1

[douglake]

Re: Re-conditioned Engine Scam

Dear Mr xxxxxxxx


Your Payment has been received,
Your dispatch code is 3LM322OJD.

Delivery has been confirmed for;
Thursday 11th February 2016 0900-1200hrs

Delivery driver will make contact before delivery.




Please do not threaten us and please be reassured we are not dodgy at all. your engine will arrive on the date promises sir.


Regards


Jonathan King
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On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 3:31 PM, xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<ukenginereplacement@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear xxxxxxxxx



Please find attached Invoice Proforma,
Your delivery has been provisionally booked in for;
Thursday 11th February 2016 0900 - 1200hrs
All payments made before 16.30pm will be processed on the same working day.

All payments will need to be accompanied by invoice reference number #173807
Please kindly advise once payment has been made and a automatic dispatch code will be forwarded
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[teaboy2]

Re: Re-conditioned Engine Scam

When did you actually send the payment - What date?

[teaboy2]

Re: Re-conditioned Engine Scam

Scratch the above - in the second post of the thread you said you sent payment Yesterday (i.e. 2nd of feb 2016) its only the 5th of feb 2016. I think its unreasonable to expect the order to be sent to you via standard courier service - An engine is not a light piece of equipment! And i think 7-14 day delivery turn around is perfectly acceptable!

[Amethyst]

Re: Re-conditioned Engine Scam

Please do not threaten us and please be reassured we are not dodgy at all. your engine will arrive on the date promises sir.

Oh well must be okay then....

Anyway Email back (nicely) and ask where you can track progress of your delivery using the tracking ref... ie/ which carrier have they used.


for ref:

Domain name:
247spares.co.uk

Registrant:
citynet datacom Ltd

Trading as:
24/7 Spares

Registrant type:
UK Limited Company, (Company number: 4373390)

Registrant's address:
po box 4270
london
london
W1A 7WP
United Kingdom

Citynet are -> https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04373390

( its a virtual office address btw)

[teaboy2]

Re: Re-conditioned Engine Scam

Come back and post here if the engine doesn't arrive. As just because the OP of the thread, who i admittedly confused yourself @douglake as being, didn't receive their engine. It doesn't mean you won't receive yours. The fact the OP of the thread hasn't been back here suggests the OP situation may have actually been resolved IMO.

[VK123]

Re: Re-conditioned Engine Scam

We are having a simliar issue with them.
We paid a Halifax bank account .
I have looked at UK engine Supplies, latchmere court Ltd and Uk engine centre.
They are all registered under the company warehouse.
The company directer is a Richard Jobling and he has loads of companies registered under him with companies house. They were not helpful when we called. The Lad who answered was very smug down the phone
My bank has contact Halifax to try and get the money back but not holding out much hope. Im just trying to find as much about them as I can to give to trading standards and compnaies house.

[Amethyst]

Re: Re-conditioned Engine Scam

When was your engine due for delivery?

Jobling/company warehouse is just a wholesale 'ready made companies' set up, so will have nothing to do with this ( I don't know if the actual company named does either tbh - did anyone check out the scrap merchants up North I mentioned before at all ? )

Can you say how you came to purchase the engine ? ( website / ebay etc ) and how did you find it ( google ad etc ? )

ALSO - you guys will all be on Car forums of some sort I expect ? Can you do some generic posts warning others NOT TO PAY BY BANK TRANSFER - not specifically this company ( so no need to even mention them ) - but ANYTHING. If a company can't accept credit/debit card payments then that should ring an alarm bell straight off. And If the account they ask you to pay into isn't an account in the name of the company that should ring even bigger alarm bells.

[VK123]

Re: Re-conditioned Engine Scam

We were told that they had dropped the engine, then that they had rearrange a new engine, then that the driver couldnt deliver due to bad weather and then the number went dead.
Ours was a similar email, with the same address but Jonathan Mercer not Jonathan King. the number on the paperwork we had was 0203 444 0091 which is no longer in use.

[VK123]

Re: Re-conditioned Engine Scam

It was due for delivery on Friday 22nd january originally, then the next Friday, then the saturday.
We found them via there website on google and to start with they looked legit but the further i have looked into it the more of a mug I feel

http://www.ukenginesupplies.co.uk

The website is still working, but the line is dead. I'm sure if I put in a search for another engine I would get a reply.

[douglake]

Re: Re-conditioned Engine Scam

You will get him on this number! 020 3444 0114 Mr jonathan king is who i am dealing with. SCUMM

[VK123]

Re: Re-conditioned Engine Scam

I dialed and he hung up on me when he asked who I was. I redialed and it diverts to a mobile number 07574 185 400.